GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- The library books on multiple births crowded the couple's coffee table. The bedroom-turned-nursery awaited the arrival of six newborns.
But in the end, authorities say Sarah and Kris Everson never had the sextuplets as claimed. All they had was what appears to be a big lie.
The couple's dramatic story had holes in it from the start -- from their mysterious withholding of information for more than a month to the unanimous response of area hospitals that they hadn't helped deliver the newborns.
On Tuesday, authorities said the mystery had been solved -- the entire tale was deemed a hoax aimed at tapping the generosity of others to pay the couple's mounting bills.
